Friday, December 5, 2014

Health in America put on deep freeze

Why is modern America so sick?  There are lots of "reasons"  but really j7st a few root causes.  By root cause I mean those unique moments in history that changed the course of health in America.

One of these moments,  is the invention of refrigeration for food.  Yep..  The fridge is one of the primary root causes of failing health today.  Sound absurd?  Follow this logic.

Health is heavily dependent on probiotic life...  Bacteria,  molds,  fungus,  viruses that build up instead of destroy.  These invisible entities can not be substituted by any other means.  Their benefit lie in their action (digesting and attacking enemies),  their by products (the complex beneficial chemicals and such that they leave behind),  and their genetics (the part of their genetic code that they impart into their environment).  These three simply can not come from any other source.  Health demands the real deal.

Where do these invisible health sources live?  Fermented foods!  They are the forces that turn fresh foods into preserved foods.  That is,  until refrigeration.   Look around you today...  Who ferments things?  Today,  because of refrigeration among other things,  Americans want to extend Netherlands fresh period of food and not have to ferment to store.  No more root cellars,  no crocks of saurkraut and pickles,  no more hanging meats and clattering milk. etc.  Today we have fridges and freezers. These devices have fundamentally changed human experience by removing the need to ferment,  and thereby removing one of the  3 pillars of health.

Another aspect is the ability to live outside the seasons.  Seasons of planting,  growing,  harvest,  rest have been supporting mankind for thousands of years.  Only very recently have we been able to fridge and freeze things for long periods,  artificially extending that "season".  This thereby throws of the natural cycle and balances of what we consume. Transportation has some blame here,  but without refrigeration it wouldn't be possible to transport most foods very far.

A third aspect of refrigeration is the ability to not grow food.  Not many years ago everyone grew some food.  It was necessary and expected.  Without refrigeration stores could not carry fresh foods long.   This again fundamentally changed America so that the average person could choose to stop making food themselves and instead leave that to others completely.  This disconnects the individual from their sustenance and thereby their health.  Disconnected individuals loose control and oversight.  All sorts of evils crop in unnoticed.  Health declines.

Refrigeration.  It is one of the evils that is killing us.  Until we realize this,  health care in America will continue to be in crisis.  Our families will suffer,  our children suffer higher and higher rates of disease.  It's certainly not the only root cause,  but a big one.